Tub cover



Jan. 21, 1930. F. PARTENICO TUB COVER Filed July 11, 1927 me.. e.

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FLORA PRTENmo v eTroRNEY CXI Patented Jan. 21, 1930 Uni li l) STATES PATENT ortica FLORA. PARTENICO, OF CULVER CITY, GALFORNA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MFE-SNE ASSEGQ'IYENTS, TO NORMALEN PRODUCTS, ENC., OF LOS ANGELES, CALFORNA, A

CORPORATEON OF CALFORNIA TUB COVER Application filed July 11,

lilly invention relates to a cover for bath tubs.

1t is an object of this invention to provide a flexible removable bath tub cover which may be folded up and carried in a travelers so that an ordinary bath tub may be used in the same manner as a steam bath cabinet or for taking a medicated vapor bath and the like.

lt is an object of this invention to provide a simple eflicient bath tub cover which will fit any size of bath tub now commonly used. lt is easily applied to the bath tub and removed therefrom, which will entirely confine the steam or vapors within the tub, thus enabling a person to take a steam or medicated bath in an ordinary bath tub.

My invention consists of the construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed. Referring to the drawings which form a part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing a bath tub to which my invention is applied.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of t-he cover removed from the bath tub.

Figure 3 is a cross section taken on the line e-s or Fig. e.

Figure il is a detail section on an enlarged scale of a vacuum cup used in connection with the cover.

Figure 5 is one Of the removable weights used in connection with my cover.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 shows the interior of a bath room with a bath tub B to which my cover is applied. The cover 10 is made of any flexible fabric, capable of confining vapor or steam, such as rubberized inuslin or the like. The same is of a size sufcient to amply cover the largest bath tubs customary in hotels or in residences. lThe same is rectangular in shape, there being the two long sides 11 and 12 and the shorter sides 13 and 1st. Near one shorter side, such as 14:, an opening 15 is cutof a size to snguly fit the neck of a person taking the bath. The side 1li is slit at 16 on the median line to the neck opening 15. The edge of the cover is preferably hemmed, indicated by the numeral 17, te reinforce the same, and provided with a plurality of spaced eyelets 18, preferably of 1927. Serial No. 204,881.

metal. 19 is a snap fastener to fasten the inner end of the slit 16 together after folding the same around the neck of the person taking the bath so that the opening 15 will encircle the neck. One of the long sides, such as side 11, has a series of vacuum cups, see Fig. 4l, of rubber such as indicated at 20, while a series of metal weights 21, provided with hooks 22, are used on the short sides 13 and 14 and on the long side 12.

ln the use of the tub cover the long side 11, provided with the vacuum cups 12, is fastened either against the wall lV adjacent the bath tub B or to the upper edge of the bath tub B itself. The weights 21 are hooked in the sides 13 on the short sides 13 and 111 and the long side 1Q and will hang down on the outer edge of the bath tube B, holding the cover snugly against the upper edge of the bath tub with slight yielding pressure.

If a very hot steam or vapor bath is to be used, it will be of course preferable to provide the bath tub on the interior with a seat or frame for the person to sit or lie on out of contact with the hot liquid. The person taking the bath will simply raise up the outer end of the cover and after adjusting the opening 15 about the neck and fastening the snappers 19, will take the bath, the entire body being subject to the steam or vapor with the exception of the head.

ln the case of a built-in bath tub the weights on the short sides 13 and 14 will not be used or, if desired, one of the short sides may be provided with vacuum cups 2O and they may be fastened either tothe wall or to the bath tub itself, and the other side being, if too long, folded over itself.

lt will be appreciated that my cover can bath tub, provided with a neck opening, vacuum cups on one side of the sheet for fastening the same to a Wall or a bath tub, and removable Weights on the opposite side for causing'the sheet to engage the upper edge of the bath Jsub to form a complete cover therefor.

2. A bath tub cover comprising a flexible sheet, rectangular in shape and of a size to cover a bath tub7 said sheet being capable of confining vapor or steam, provided With a neck opening, there being a slit from the edge of the sheet to said opening, means for fastening adjacent sides of the slit together,

vacuum cups on one side of said sheet for removably fastening the same to a wall or a bath tub, and removable Weights on the opposite side for causing the sheet to engage the upper edge of the bath tub to form a complete cover therefor.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication.

FLORA PARTEN ICO. 

